martin klasch

The Lemur Snake

discarding images:

"Hybridizer – very useful tool for creating your own animated animal hybrid based on Merian’s engravings for Jonston’s “Historiae naturalis"."

World Cup

1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden.
Wikipedia.
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M.C. Escher

The Boston Public Library has digitized their collection of M.C. Escher prints.

Via Kottke.org.

BBC Sound Effects

"These 16,016 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc Licence. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license."

via WFMU FB

Deutschland

Germany Travel Poster. Art by Jupp Wiertz, 1927. Via Luis Cesar's FB page

Round-up

Image found via Filo Loco's FB

By Lynd Ward (1934), via { feuilleton }

Via The Horrors Of It All

Jar Jar Porg

Zipizip, 1916

Monster Brains: Richard Teschner (1879 - 1948)

Sture Johannesson

Friheten på barrikaderna II, 1968

Sture Johannesson 1935 - 2018

Karel Thole

Monster Brains: Karel Thole - Vampir Horror Roman (Vampire Horror Novels) Covers

Better Than Beard

A tie? I'm not so sure.
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WTF!

And Everything Else Too: You Eat Too Much

Boris

Boris Karloff, The Mummy, 1932

Hans Alfredson, 1931 - 2017

Hans Alfredsson by Per Åhlin

Today Hans Alfredsson passed away at 86 years of age. If you ain't a Swede or at least Scandinavian you would rightfully ask: Who?

Well, the importance of Hans Alfredson in Swedish culture and entertainment can hardly be overstated. It is however impossible to fully convey his importance to youngsters and non-Swedes who did not experience Sweden in the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s. Those were probably his most productive and successful years. He was, among many other things, a comedian, a showman, an actor, a writer, a director of movies, TV, theater and shows. Internationally he would have been most noted for his brilliant film The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982) in which Stellan Skarsgard had his break-through role outside Sweden.

Hans Alfredsson was also the father of directors Thomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Daniel Alfredson (The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest )

Vila i frid Herr Lindeman, Herr Garbo, Don José m fl.

H-day

On this day 50 years ago Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. The 3rd of September 1967 was named Dagen H (the H-day, with H standing for Höger (Right).
Apparently the transition went well, in parts due to a massive information campaign. You can probably spot the H-logo in the magazine cover above. Below you'll find other H-day related items.